...Long time lurker (for most of the past year) and I was really jazzed

to find this PTR.
Now I am normally not a shoe-buying sort of girl (I have around 10 pairs TOTAL, mind-boggling, I know), but all this talk of sandals and flip-flops and such was so intriguing...that guess what happened when I went to REI looking for something completely different? I walked out with two pairs of Teva Mush flip flops

. And if the Keen Newport H2s hadn't cost $90, they might have gone home with me too

(As an aside--can anybody tell me how the fit runs in these? I want to find a pair online (ie, cheap), and hope to avoid having to ship them back.)
On a completely different note...My DS 5 has a step mom. I hope that she loves and cherishes him a fraction as much as you clearly do for Sally and Teddy. (I know she spoils him with silly things, like the time he came home from a visit and announced that she had bought him 2 pet mice

Not in my house, better in hers...)
Thanks for this report--I'm looking forward to reading about your adventures.